CVE-2024-11633
Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-11633 is an argument injection vulnerability affecting Ivanti Connect Secure versions prior to 22.7R2.4. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in December 2024, impacting Ivanti's enterprise security solutions. This security flaw allows remote authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to achieve remote code execution on affected systems (Hacker News, Security Online).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (Critical) from Ivanti with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, while NIST assigned a score of 7.2 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability requires high privileges but has low attack complexity and requires no user interaction (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker with administrative privileges to execute remote code on the affected system. The critical nature of the vulnerability is reflected in its high CVSS scores, indicating potential severe impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Hacker News).

Mitigation and workarounds

Ivanti has released version 22.7R2.4 of Connect Secure to address this vulnerability. Organizations are strongly advised to upgrade to this version immediately. For systems that cannot be immediately updated, Ivanti recommends restricting Management interface access to internal networks as a temporary mitigation measure (Security Online).

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